Areca ARC-1231ML/1261ML/1280ML Manuale Utente

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The Storport driver is new to Windows Server 2003.  Storport im-

plements a new architecture designed for better performance with 

RAID systems and in Storage Area Network (SAN) environments. 

Storport delivers higher I/O throughput, enhanced manageability, 

and an improved miniport interface. Storport better utilizes faster 

adapters through the use of reduced Delay Procedure Call (DPC) 

and improved queue management.

The following instructions explain how to install the SATA RAID 

controller Driver. For completed details on installing Windows, see 

the Windows User’s Manual.

The following procedures detail installing the SATA RAID control-

ler driver while installing Windows 2000/XP/2003. Have your 

bootable Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 CD-ROM and follow 

the required procedure below to install SATA RAID controller:

1. Make sure you follow the instructions in Chapter 2 “Hard-

ware Installation” to install the controller and connect the disk 

drives or enclosure.

2. Start the system and then press Tab+F6 to access the McBI-

OS RAID manager.  Use the McBIOS manager to create the RAID 

set and volume set to which you will install Windows. For de-

tails, see Chapter 3 “McBIOS RAID manager”. Once a volume 

set is created and configured, continue with next step to install 

the operating system.

3. Insert the Windows setup CD and reboot the system to begin 

the Windows installation.

The computer system BIOS must support bootable from 

CD-ROM.